Palk Strait bridge aimed at ‘annexing’ Sri Lanka to India
The Federation of National Organisations (FNO), a collective of Sinhala political organisations, businesses and civil society groups based in the south, has urged Sri Lanka’s...
Bridge Across Palk Strait Divides Lankans
An Indian proposal to build a bridge across the Palk Strait has elicited both hostility and support among Sri Lankans. Indian Road Transport Minister Nitin...
India must ensure decentralization in Sri Lanka
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take steps to expedite decentralization of power in Sri Lanka --...
Rajapaksa trails in survey
Former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa is trailing his main rival in a prime ministerial elections later this month, the latest national opinion poll showed,...
Kilinochchi struggles to leave past behind
Those who pass through Kilinochchi, which served as the headquarters of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) till the end of 2008, hardly miss...
Prime Minister Vows to Safeguard National Security
Sri Lankans need not fear about a possible re-emergence of the vanquished Tamil Tiger guerrillas, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said. Speaking at an election...
FIFA launches internal probe
Soccer's world governing body FIFA has launched an internal investigation of alleged corruption, two people familiar with the matter said, in a development that may...